AS3 refer to other movieclips from a movieclip

I have two movieclips on the stage... man and enemies, inside man there is a movieclip called sword, inside enemies there is a movieclip called enemy then inside that a movieclip called float.

stage -> man -> sword
stage -> enemies -> enemy -> float

Is there anyway I can refer to sword from within enemy?
the code would be for a hitTest like:

Code:

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if (float.hitTestObject("way to refer to sword"))==true{
        nextFrame();
}

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have you tried:
_root.man.sword
?

Thats for AS2 :mrt: fool!

Sorry, sorry, wasn't thinking clearly >_<''
I don't know the first thing in AS3 :D

Any one else got any ideas?

In AS3 this time please

Alright, alright, I want to correct my mistake ><'
I checked google and it was surprisingly hard to find this.
AS3 replaced "_root" with "MovieClip(root)".

So the code should go:
MovieClip(root).man.sword
(Assuming both are in the same root)
I also saw something about stage, so if root doesn't work try stage :S

Otherwise, there's a category here for AS3 :D